Fully functional exploit code for the (still unpatched) Windows SMB v2 vulnerability has been released to the public domain via the freely available Metasploit point-and-click attack tool, raising the ...

ZDNET's key takeaways Millions of computers globally are still running Windows 10.Attackers are ready, willing, and able to ...

Software exploits are an attack technique used by attackers to silently install various malware – such as Trojans or backdoors – on a user’s computer without requiring social engineering to trick the ...

For months, security practitioners have worried about the public release of attack code exploiting BlueKeep, the critical vulnerability in older versions of Microsoft Windows that’s “wormable,” ...

A flaw in unpatched versions of Window 10 could leave machines vulnerable to EternalBlue, the remote kernel exploit behind the recent WannaCry ransomware attack. WannaCry targeted a Server Message ...

Released earlier this week, the exploit code - which has been crafted to run not only on attackers' Windows machines, but also on Linux and Unix boxes -crashes Windows systems not patched against a ...

The bot has been dubbed with several names by security firms, including "Graweg," "Mocbot," "WGAReg," and "Cuebot." It uses an exploit published last week that leverages a vulnerability disclosed last ...

The exploit pries open CVE-2021-31166, a bug with a CVSS score of 9.8 that was the baddest of the bad in Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday release last week. Microsoft discovered the flaw internally, ...

Exploit developer SandboxEscaper has quietly dropped a new zero-day exploit for the Windows operating system just a week after Microsoft's monthly cycle of security updates. This exploit is the fifth ...

Researchers have developed and published a proof-of-concept exploit for a recently patched Windows vulnerability that can allow access to an organization’s crown jewels—the Active Directory domain ...

Microsoft released Security Advisory 2286198 late last week to address a newly-discovered zero-day flaw that can be exploited simply by clicking a shortcut icon. However, that original guidance is ...